An established industry insider revealed Wednesday that Star Wars Eclipse will be released in 2026. Eclipse is one of the numerous non-EA projects based on Lucasfilm’s legendary franchise that has been unveiled as EA’s decade-long exclusive license to make Star Wars games comes to an end.
Star Wars Eclipse, announced at The Game Awards in December 2021, is the next game from the creators of Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain, and Detroit: Become Human. The game, which is set in the High Republic era immediately preceding the events of the original film trilogy, is rumored to have a branching plot with many playable characters, similar to Quantic Dream’s previous releases.
since its start, Star Wars Eclipse has had major development challenges.
Those concerns exist to this day, according to well-known industry insider Tom Henderson, who cites the same sources that earlier revealed NetEase’s Quantic Dream acquisition before it was formally announced in August 2022. Given the current state of affairs, it’s probable that Star Wars Eclipse may be delayed beyond 2026, according to the same source. Even if the project meets its anticipated release date, it will most likely be the last of the currently announced Star Wars games to hit shop shelves.
However, the studio has released a statement to address the rumors. Concerning the claims leveled against the studio, the Paris Court of Appeals dismissed them in 2021. This judgment upheld previous rulings that determined no toxic environment in the workplace and no discrimination of any type had occurred. More information about the court judgment is available here.
- Recruiting LGBTQIA+ representatives to guarantee that varied views and genuine representation are present at all levels of the studio.
- In reaction to the allegations, Quantic Dream’s LGBTQIA+ employees created and posted a letter rejecting the claims and noting that the charges were “deeply hurtful” and “do not reflect [their] everyday lives at work.”
- Developing and sustaining an equal workforce. Women make up more than half of Quantic Dream’s management team, including production directors, department heads, project managers, and others.
- Signing the Diversity Charter, which has been pushed by the French organizations SNJV and SELL, as well as the government agency DGE and CNC.
The developer’s alleged continued expansion difficulties are widely attributed to Quantic Dream’s toxic workplace lawsuit and its unworthy reputation as a result of that litigation, which the studio previously labeled as a smear campaign before it was overturned by a French court of appeals in 2021.
The case was preceded by reports from Le Monde, Mediapart, and Canard PC of hostile employment conditions at Quantic. Following that, the developer sued Le Monde and Mediapart for libel, eventually winning the former but losing the latter.
